Typewriter support in carrying case



HTBWCHILDS TYPEWRITER SUPPORT IN CARRYING CASE Nov. 25, 1958 Fill-0dSupt. 14, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VHV TOR. HENRY B. C H/L 0S 7'TORNEVNOV- 25, 1958 H D5 2,861,385

TYPEWRITER SUPPORT IN CARRYING CASE Fund-Sept. 14. 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2P I k @i' A INVENTOR. HENRY 5. CH/LOS A TTORNQ United States.

Henry B. Childs, Elrnwood, Conn, assignor to Underwood Corporation, NewYork, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application September 14, 1955,Serial No. 534,308 '3 Claims. (Cl. 45-682) This invention relates toportable typewriters or machines of similar use, and more particularlyto facilities for supporting such machines removably in carrying casestherefor.

Carrying cases for typewriters are often used as traveling cases, thetypewriter being removed for such use. Accordingly, many manufacturersof typewriters provide fixtures within the typewriter carrying caseswhich facilitatc convenient removal of the typewriter. .While suchfixtures usually mount the machines effectively, they generally are of anature constituting projections within the carrying case on whichdelicate items of clothing, such as ladies stockings, are apt to becomesnagged and torn. Aside from this, such projection will also crease andwrinkle clothing and will reduce the. available storage capacity of thecase.

It is a main object of the invention to provide efficient means formounting a typewriter removably in a carrying case and of a nature toleave the interior of the carrying case upon removal of the typewritersubstantially devoid of projecting mounting structure, whereby the caseis then completely suitable for carrying items of clothing.

Another object is to accomplish the foregoing object advantageously bystructure which permanently is part of the typewriter or the carryingcase.

Another object of the invention is to provide for the mounting of atypewriter in a carrying or traveling case in a very economical,efficient and neat manner.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide for the eflicientmounting of a typewriter in a traveling case by the seating of atypewriter upon one carrying case component, and the securement of theso seated typewriter within the closedcase automatically throughengagement by the other case component.

Also, an object of the invention is to provide atypewriter withoutwardly projecting means, such as a baseboard, further to providemeans for locatingly seating the typewriter with its baseboard on onecarrying case component, and to cause the machine to be held in positionin the case by the other case component coacting with said baseboard,when the two case components are brought into closed-case relation.

A further feature or object is to construct the aforesaid baseboard toembody a stationery receiving pocket, preferably in a manner to beconducive to strength of the baseboarda t A still further object of theinvention is to mount a machine by the statedprojecting means orbaseboard by simple coaction of two case components directly with thebaseboard, the case component being preferably of molded material.

Directing attention now to the drawings, Figure l is an.

elevation of the carrying or traveling case of the invention 7 atent2,861,385 Patented Nov. 25, 1958 having a typewriter mounted therein inaccord with the invention.

Figure 2 shows in front elevation a portable typewriter including a baseplate, two case components being diagramleft typewriter feet, shows thedetail structure whereby the typewriter is held in the said case.

Figure 5 is a fractional side elevation showing a modified baseboard andthe case components broken away along a plane to the left of the rightfront foot of the typewriter.

Figure 6 is a fractional side elevation illustrating a baseboardembodying a cushioning rim by which it is held in the closed case.

Figure '7 is a fractional perspective illustration of the baseboardshown in Figure 6, in inverted position.

Finally, Figure 8 is a plan view of a modified form of the inventionwherein the machine is seated upon one case component by crossbarsextending laterally from the typewriter.

Referring now to Figures 1 and 4, the traveling or carrying case 10comprises a shallow case component 11 and a voluminous case component12. The two case components 11 and 12 are connected by hinges indicatedat 13 of usual construction so that the case component 12 may be liftedfrom the case component 11 to gain access to a typewriter designated bythe general reference character 14. A usual lock 15 comprising a springurged latch 16 holds normally the two case components 11 and 12together, the case being provided with a carrying handle 18. Thetypewriter is mounted. within the carrying case through the medium of abaseboard 20 which preferably.v

is comprised of two superposed layers 21, 22 of substantially rigidplastic material, the upper layer 21 being planar and the lower layer 22having a large-expanse rectangular depression indicated at 26 in Figure3, the two layers forming a pocket 24 for storing typewriter paper etc.,indicated at 25, the pocket having an open throat at the front side ofthe typewriter 14. The two layers 21, 22 of the baseboard 20 arepreferably bonded or fused together to each side' of the pocket 24 aswell as to the rear thereof, rendering a substantially stiff structure.The so constituted baseboard 20 is secured to the underside of thetypewriter 14 by four screws 27, each of which also fastens inunderlying relation to the baseboard 20 a typewriter foot 28 ofresilient material, such as rubber. Each screw passes upwardly throughthe base plate 20 and thereabove through a spacer 30 into a frameelement 31 of I the typewriter 14. The typewriter feet 28 areupwardlyrecessed as at 32 to accommodate the heads 29 of the screws 27, therebeing a metal washer 33 overlying the screw heads. When the screws 27are tightened the feet 28, the baseboard 20 and the typewriterconstitute a single assembly.

The shallow, tray-like case component 11 has along the interior of itsraised rim 39, a recess 34 and the baseboard 20 has an outline so thatit can be placed down upon the recess 34 and will become located thereinin respect to the case component 11. This will be appreciated clearlyfrom Figures 2 and 4. The recess 34 is considerably deeper than thebaseboard 20 seated thereupon, which may be clearly appreciated fromFigure 4. When the case component 12 is closed upon the case component11, such components will meet and abut at 35 along their peripheraledges and an interior lip 36 on thecase component 12 will engage uponthe baseboard 26 as in Figure 4 within the raised rim of the casecomponent 11, pressing it down on the aforestated. recess 34. Therefore,if the typewriter by its baseboard is placed upon the recess 3 and thecase. is then closed and held closed by the lock latch 16, as in Figure4, the typewriter is then held by the baseboard 20 suspended within thecomposite case clear from its walls, excepting that the feet 23 maytouch resiliently upon the case component 11 as shown in Figure 4. Thefeet 28 are preferably of a height so that when the machine is placedupon the lower case compoheat 11, the baseboard stands slightly offtherecess 34, the case component 12 when closed upon the baseboard 20being effective to flex the feet 28 slightly. Inthis manner thebaseboard'20 need not fill exactly the space between the recessfieandthe interior lip 36 and yet it will not shake within the. closedcarrying case.

The lip 36, additionallyto holding the baseboard 20 in the recess 34,also serves to inter-fitthe two case components mutually. registered andreinforced.

The baseboard 20, although substantially confined along its borderbetween the two case components 11 and 12, nevertheless is instrumentalto suspend the machine cushioned in the case inasmuch as it is capableof some flexure. While the baseboard is preferably a molded plastic, itobviously may be made of other materials, for example sheet metal.

The described structure provides. for easy and ready removal of thetypewriter from the. opened carrying case and when the machine isremoved, both the case components 11 and.12 present asmoothinterior,free of typewriter-mounting hardware. Obviously when the case is to befilled with items of clothing, it is given a position inverted from thatseen in Figure l, and the shallow case component 11 becomes the cover ofthe case.

The top layer 21 of the baseboard 20 may be recessed rearwardly, asshown at 37 in Figure 3, toexpose for convenient grasp the leading edgesof the typewriter paper 25.

Figure 5. shows the baseboard 20 modified slightly for its lower layer22 at the pocket throatto include a lip 38 curving upwardly toward theraised rim 39 of the case component 11. Moreover, the top layer 21 isrecessed or cut back at the throat of the pocket to. a greater extentthan shown in Figure 3. When thus the typewriter isused with itsbaseboardZt) merely standing located in the tray-- likecase component11, the lip 38 makes it convenient to slide work sheets in anupwardcurve out of the pocket 24 andpast the rim 39 of the casecomponent 11.

According to another modified structure of the invention illustrated inFigures 6 and 7, the peripheral edge of the baseboard 20 is providedwith a brim or cleat means 40 of resilient material such as rubber. Thebaseboard 20 by its brim 40 fits between the recess 34 and the interiorlip 36 respectively of the case components 11 and 12, whereby saidbaseboard is resiliently anchored in the case for. transport. The brim40 is generally U-shaped in cross-section, as shown, and may be cementedor otherwise secured to the base. Moreover, the said brim 40 at eachofthe four corners of the base includes an integral foot 41 for standingthe typewriter'on a flat surface. The brim 40 is omitted at the mouthside of the pocket 24. Screws 42 similar to the screws .27 fasten thebase to the underside of the typewriter but no feet are asso ciatedtherewith in view of the provision of the feet 41 integral with therubber brim 40. i

A further modification is shown in FigureS wherein the typewriter 14 hassecured to itsunderside, by screws 27, twocro'ssbars 43. These crossbarsservesubstantially the same purpose as the base plate 20. I writer isreceived in the case component, 11 through the ends, of the crossbars 43which severally fit in depressions 4 tformed at four locations along theinner side of the Namely, the type-v raised rim 39 of the case component11. Moreover, along the innerside of the raised rim 3% extendingbetweenthedepressions there is a recess 45 similar to the recess 34 andshort of the depth of the depressions 44. When the case component 12 isclosed upon the case component 11, the lip 36 on the former bears on theends of the crossbars 43 seated in the depressions 44 and thereby holdsthe machine securely anchored in place for transport.

Other modifications within the general scope and purposes of theinvention suggest themselves readily. For example, the frame of thetypewriter may be provided With outwardly reaching arms adapted to beseated on the case component 11 and locked in the case substantially inthe same manner as explained in connection with the bars 43. Obviouslyalso such arms may reach from the typewriter at a level higher than theillustrated baseboard 2i) and the case components 11 and 12 may beproportioned to separate generally at the level of the stated arms.Furthermore, the base-seating shoulder formed by the recess-in accordwith Figure 2 and 4 may be omitted if the typewriter feet 28 are madefirm enough to hold firmly the board 24 against the lip 36 of the casecomponent 12 in the closed condition of the case.

Having explained the nature and the objects of the invention, and havingspecifically described some embodiments ofthe invention, what is claimedis:

1. In combination with a typewriter or similar machine, a traveling caseadapted to receive said typewriter and comprisinga relatively shallowcase component and a relatively high, voluminous case componentcomplementing said shallow case component to form therewith acompartment sufiiciently large to accommodate said typewriter, saidshallow case component having araised rim, saidtraveling case comprisingmeans whereby said case components are adapted to be in open-caserelation or closed-case relation and are latchable together in thelatter relation, means to mountsaid typewriter in said traveling casecomprising a baseboard unitary with said typewriter and reachingoutwardly therefrom on at least two sides thereof, the rim of saidshallow case component having an interior recess, said baseboarddimensioned to fit down into said interior recess so that a portion ofthe rim protrudes exteriorly above the baseboard and so that thetypewriter stands definitely located relative to and uprightlyprojecting from the inner side of said shallow case component in anoperable condition, and lip means on the voluminous case component tocontact the baseboard in said interior recess and to fit within saidprotruding portion of the said rim when said case components are movedto and latched in closed-case relation, whereby then the two casecomponents and the baseboard with the typewriter thereon are lockedtogether.

2. In combination with a typewriter or similar machine, a traveling caseadapted to receive said typewriter, comprising two complementing casecomponents movable to open and closed-case relations and means to latchthe two case components together in closed-case relation, mounting meansreaching outwardly beyond the main body of the typewriter on at leasttwosides and unitary therewnh, resilient cushioning material along theouter border of said mounting means facing outwardly, upwardly anddownwardly, recess means interior of an outer edge of one of said casecomponents adapted in the open-case relation of said components toreceive said mounting means by its resilient cushioning materialremovably seated and definitely located and so that said typewriterstands definitely located relative to and uprightly projecting from theinterior side of said one case component and this is operativelyaccessible, and means on said other case component engageableautomatically with said resilient cushioning material through closureof. the case so that then the typewriter by the medium of the resilientcushioning material becomes resilently anchored in the carry-- 3. Incombination with a typewriter or similar machine having a keyboard and amanipulative carriage, a traveling case for said typewriter, saidtraveling case comprising two complementing components movable to openand closed case relations and comprising means to latch the twocomponents together in a closed-case relation, one of said componentsconstituted to accommodate said typewriter rising upwardly from itsinner side and leaving at least said carriage and the upper portion ofsaid keyboard protruding clear therefrom, mounting means fast on andreaching outwardly from at least two opposite sides of said typewriter,means closely within a peripheral edge of said one case component,adapted in the open-case relation of said components to receive andlocate said mounting means on said one case component removably seatedin a definite relation thereto and so that the typewriter standsdefinitely located rising from the inner side of such component and withat least the carriage and the upper portion of said keyboard protrudingclear above such component for ready manipulative accessibility, andmeans on said other case component adapted through closure of saidtraveling case to engage said mounting means at the proximity of saidreceiving and locating means to hold said mounting means, and thus thetypewriter, in the closed traveling case as received and located on saidone case component.

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